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Acute vertigo: quick reference for HINTS and differential diagnosis

…findings are absent in roughly half of patients with a central cause. A normal routine neurological examination is therefore not sufficient to exclude stroke [3]…

Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…ataxia Posterior circulation stroke Unilateral hearing loss or tinnitus Ménière's disease, vestibular schwannoma, labyrinthitis Continuous vertigo that does not come in attacks Vestibular neuritis…

Foreign body in the ear and nose

…you cannot see the object, or cannot reach it with the instruments available. Do not then try "by feel" — refer to ENT. Relative — a low…

Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…with patients with primary hypertension matched for age, sex and blood pressure, affected patients have more frequent stroke, nonfatal myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation, as…

Nasogastric tube

…clamp. pH indicator paper with a scale that discriminates within the acidic range — ordinary litmus paper that only shows acid or alkaline is not sufficient…

Acute exacerbation of COPD: quick reference

…the same time, exacerbation is a clinical syndromic diagnosis, not a sufficient explanation for all acute dyspnoea in a patient with COPD. Pneumonia, heart failure…

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